Smyrna times., 1887-04-20

east of it. 1t will add greatly to the
comfort and safety of those driving |
skittish horses.
J. NJ. SOUTH, the Photographer, who
moved here last week from Maryland,
has opened his photograph gallery in
the Ward building in the room lately
occupied by G. w. Bradford and will
be pleased to see all persons who want
pictures taken.
VIM. P. WRIGHT, of Clayton, as is
enumerated in his advertisement else
where, has n large business on hand,
but he is finding it necessary to still
further enlarge his capacity. He is
now preparing a brick kiln for about
10000 bricks.
CORONER WRIGHT held an inquest
on Saturday on an infant child of Col
umbus Dashiell that died from an over
dose of laudanum. He brought the
child from Bombay Hook to DR.. 7. G,
Moore for treatment, but the drug had
done its work, and it died shortly after
reaching here.
THIS morning gave US one of the
Whitest frOsts of the winter, with the
thermometer below the freezing point.
But few of the peach blossoms are out
here, and no damage is likely to follow,
but it may be different down the PENN
sula where the trees are in full bloom.
REV. p. H. HICKMAN, of Philadel-
phia who was invited by the vestry of
st. Peters church, to take charge of
the Parish during the absence of Rev.
w. B. Gordon in Mexico, has declined
under the advice of his physician. No
further action was taken at the meet
ing on Monday.
SHAD fishing has been pretty lively
the past week at Bombay Hook, a boat
taking sometimes 200 day. One of
the fishermen presented Jos. B. Benson,
of the Light House, with a pair last
week that weighed 15l pounds. Her
ring are unusually abundant in the
Delaware, and very fine.
IT will be well for the next minstrel
show that has Smyrna anywhere down
on its programme to wait awhile. The
yOungster who thought he could eat
his weight in pie, found before he got
through that it wasn't pie after all that
he wanted all the time jowl and turnip
greens, anything was preferable for
q change.
AT A meeting of the vestry at St..
Peters Church on Monday d. J. Cum
Minis and Edward A. Evans were elect
ed delegates to the Diocesan COnventiO1
to be held in Newark in June. Edgar
Spruance was elected Alternate. This
convention will have the very impOr-
tant duty of selecting a successor to
Bishop Lee.
100 MUCH Importance cannot be at
tached to good roads. They add a
money value to the land bordering
them, amounting to scores of dollars on
each farm. They are conducive to good
citizenship and pleasant homes. They
induce travel, both equestrian and
pedestrian, and whenever and where
ever the people are attracted, business
of one form or another will go there.
OUR young friend OF the Record
seems to have Il passion for big words.
He rolls them under his tongue like a
sweet mOrsel and then issues them in a
| perfect stream. Not satiated by sWal-
lowing Websters Dictionary whole and
his vOraciOus nav craving more, he
must have gotten hold of an advanced
copy of the Century Dictionary now in
course of preparation, for his last big
word. We have already been stunned
we expect next to be cOnfOunded.
IN our last issue in reporting the
meeting at the Town Hall we gave the
last speakers remarks in substance
and spirit as uttered. The Record man
does neither, but unnecessarily refers
to the TINES report, and in doing SO
writes the speaker down a clown
Doesn't it seem like impertinence fol
one so young rs the editor of the Record
to thus trile with gray hairs in the
use of offensive comparisons, though
he does it over the shoulder of the edi
tor of this paper?
ONE of our rich men was recently
moaning over the difficulty to make in
vestments of his capital that would
yield six per cent. So seems that the
wealthy have their troubles. A large
number are after riches, and Judging
from the way some act they never gel
quite enough. True as the old prOyerl
is, that cOntentment is better thar
riches" it will take a great deal of the
most persuasive argument to convince
the average citizen CT the fact. If hC
could have plenty of the latter hC
would trust to luck for the former
every time.
ONE of our citizens says it amt as i
used to be. Before the law wai
changed Shortly after the war;, whal
property q nan got by his wife was his
and what was his was his own" Now
he says, what q wife has is her Owr
and she can do what she pleases with
it, and the man only has the control O
his own and he has to keep his wifi,
out of it in the bargain. The man il
question has a farm and so has his wife
but he is exercising the good sense no
to quarrel about it, so long as she cooks
his victuals, washes his clothes anC
keeps his buttons sewed on.
A MAN in the neighborhOod of Ken
ton brought suit before Squire Jestel
in Dover last week of assault and bat
terry against the school teacher fol
dressing his son down with a ligh
switch for swearing an enormous Oatl
at school. He got a verdict of fv,
cents, but the injury he did his owl
son may come back on him as it otter
has to others in hundreds of dollars a!
the result of vicious habits GROWING
into Outlawry for encouraging rathel
than repressing disObedience NAM
Of the cases of troublesome and baC
boys can be directly traced back to th,
foolish conduct of their parents.
THE Clayton Fruit Exchange Cor
pOratiOn Bill was kill on the thirC
reading in the Senate last week by not
receiving the necessary two thirds ma
jOrity. The defeat is attributed to DIR
Cooper, whose constituency were i'm
mediately interested in it. His vot,
was necessary to give the bill q tw,
thirds majority, but just before tn,
clerk finished the reading when tn,
vote would be taken, it is charged h,
got up from his seat and walked out
and hence the bill failed, and the peacl
growers can have no Exchange. Tn,
projectors Of the Exchange had hOpet
by its operations to bring to a large
degree the peach sales at our own sta
tiOn.
The Citizens Hose Company wer,
announced for drill on Monday even
ing in their new unifOrm-hats. coats
boots, &c, but as the day had been ex
ceedingly inclement with a thunde
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